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Afternoon all,
Just a quick message to say BG got a small mention in the August edition of Who Do You Think You Are Magazine under the "Best Websites" section.
A small victory for us all, and considering the top 3 were Rootschat with over 200,000 members and over 4 million posts, The Great...

People who research family history are very generous with their time and help, especially towards those new to research. This is great because it shows what a friendly bunch we all are.
However, there are certain things which are not allowed and this includes breaching copyright or licence - At...

Hello folks.
This is just a reminder that this forum exists. As well as general questions on family and local history; it's as good a board to use as any if you've 'lost' someone, somewhere and want to begin tracking them.
I'm sure that you know the sort of thing I mean, an ancestor was...

I am struggling to find birth evidence of my Great grand mother.Her name was Adelaide Miller. Verbal history has it that she was born in Sunderland 1891.She married Charles Thomas Huntley in 1914 in South Africa and had my Grand mother (Dorothy Adelaide) in 1913. I would be most grateful for any...

I am looking for the parents of Ann Perry 1831 from Somerset any help would be appreciated she married Joseph Evans who was also from Somerset but they moved to Abertillery Monmouthshire and kept the Colliers arms Abertillery also looking for his parents he was born in 1830 Somerset
Thanks

Hi all hope i'm in the wright place, i have for many years tried to trace my Great Great Grandmother Emma Taylor daughter of Charles Taylor of Benson Oxfordshire England born 1824 died Australia 1894 he married Emma clinch 1846 but and here is the problem his first child Emma Taylor was born 1845...

Hello,
I am trying to find information on my grandfather's family. The last residence I can find is in Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire 1891 census. My grandfather was Alfred E Davies b:1886 died 1975 Massachusetts, USA . Alfred's sister Emily b 1890 married John Phillips and was living in...

I have not been able to find a birth record for my great great grandmother, born about 1862 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Her maiden name was Sarah Ann Warnes. I have her marriage certificate and there is no father's name, so I presume she was illegitimate. She married in 1880 aged 19, and was a...

A great aunt in my family tree initially married a bachelor in 1900 in Hampshire. There were no children from this marriage. In the 1911 census I couldn’t find her via her married name. However her husband is in the census but now living with another lady in Hampshire, although not married to the...

I have an ancestor named Joseph Arneil who was born in 1800 in County Tyrone in northern Ireland. Sometime before 1832, he emigrated to Canada and married Mary Ann Dawson from County Monaghan, Ireland.

hi my name is lana I'm from ashton under lyne in greater Manchester I'm wanting to find info on firstly my dad's side surname Sunderland and his mum's maiden name was Hurst I saw a post from years ago on here regarding Hurst family members my grandma was phyllis hurst I believe she had brother...

As the title suggests I'm a bit out of my comfort zone when it comes to Canada.
According to a report in a local Walsall paper Dr Andrew Wyllie - one of the originators of the Cottage Hospital there, died suddenly in Owen Sound, Ontario on 28th December 1870.
My first thought was "Ontario...

I'm looking for the marriage of a John Nichols and Charlotte Thompson. They were both born about 1820 John according to the census in Mucking and Charlotte in Corringham, both in Essex. As far as i can tell they had two son's Henry born about 1853 and George who was born in April 1854, both in...

In my husbands tree there is a Great Aunt by the name of Georgina Sarah Cole who married Edward French on
27th April 1901. They emigrated to Canada. Edward was born December 1878 and died 12th August 1943. I have come across a document on line recording his death and burial in Prospect cemetery....

Hello,
I’m researching my 3x great grandparents: Thomas William Joseph Howard (born 1873 in Newcastle upon Tyne) and Sarah Jane Benson (born 1873 in Gateshead, Durham).
Thomas William Joseph Howard’s parents were Thomas Howard and Margaret Gilchrist and he had five siblings.
I believe Sarah...

I'd always taken it for granted that street numbers alternated, with odd numbers down one side of the street with the even numbers on the opposite side. However, I've just watched a Time Team episode where they excavated a number of houses in Shoreditch which were bombed during the Blitz and their...

My great grand mother Ann Norah Gates came to to Australia on the Black Ball Line ship Royal Dane
in 1865. The voyage was from Gravesend to Keppel Bay in Queensland. I have been trying to find a
passenger list for the voyage here in Australia without success. Can anyone give me some clue...

Jane Was my fathers maternal great grand mother. She was born in 1829, married John William Isaac
of St Sidwell Exeter in 1852. They sailed to Australia on the Pharsee in 1853. She died in Ferry St
Kangaroo Point Brisbane Queensland in November 1900. Her parents were Richard ...